S&P filed a declaration as part of a request to force the U.S. to hand over potential evidence that the company says will support its claim that the government filed a fraud lawsuit against it last year in retaliation for its downgrade of the U.S. debt two years earlier.
Read More »Husch Blackwell lays off 25 staff members
Husch Blackwell laid off 25 staff members firmwide, a 3.5 percent reduction in staff positions, the firm confirmed this morning.
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Read More »Commentary: Prosecutors pulled punches, Wall Street walked
Why have prosecutors allowed Wall Street executives to slither away into the 1 percent, or one-tenth of 1 percent, without paying a financial penalty or serving time?
Read More »Star witness against SAC’s Martoma initially lied to FBI
The prosecution’s star witness against Mathew Martoma testified that he lied about passing inside information to the former SAC Capital Advisors fund manager.
Read More »New tax laws eye Internet, offshore accounts
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, finally being implemented after two delays, imposes new obligations on companies to pay withholding tax for foreign firms they pay for services.
Read More »Apple wins delay of e-books monitoring until hearing
Apple Inc. won a temporary reprieve from having a court-ordered monitor oversee its compliance with an antitrust ruling on electronic book prices until a federal appeals court holds a hearing on its bid for a longer stay.
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Read More »Commercial real estate to rebound nationally in 2014
The rebounding national economy should help return both investment and interest into the national commercial real estate market.
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Read More »Firms nervously await annual benefits renewal
The sun set on a slew of business-tax benefits at the end of 2013, leaving companies to wait and see if the measures will be approved retroactively.
Read More »Google accused in revised suit of privacy policy
Google Inc. was again accused in a lawsuit of violating users’ privacy by co-mingling data across different products.
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Read More »Real estate political correctness run amok
Real estate listings in some parts of the country are getting a political correctness makeover.
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Read More »Lawyers, consider this your official warning about cybersecurity
Authors P.W. Singer and Allan Friedman explain the digital revolution in their new book and warn of what lies ahead
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